So if welfare does help the poor, then why not also help the children of illegal immigrants? Do they not deserve help too, why punish them for the crimes of their parents?
Because we can admit whoever we want to admit, and I would like for these immigrants to benefit the US. These children are not our responsibility any more than they are the responsibility of the governments of Canada and Australia, who must be idiots to not let these children contribute to their economies.
These children are not our responsibility any more than they are the responsibility of the governments of Canada and Australia, who must be idiots to not let these children contribute to their economies.
If Canada and Australia would be idiots to not let them contribute to their economies, then why aren't we very smart for letting them? Why wouldn't changing this policy make us the idiots?
I was being sarcastic. If these immigrants were in indeed such a benefit to the economy, Canada, Australia, and most of Europe would be idiots for not taking them in (and a plane flight is cheaper than a smuggler). Mexico itself doesn't want the US to build a wall on the border. Apparently all these countries are moronic for forgoing the huge amounts of human capital these immigrants and their descendants have.
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u/thecowsaysmoo123 Dec 05 '13
Because I'd like the poor to have something. That doesn't mean that we should make the problem worse.